National Australia Bank’s senior real estate equities analyst, Peter Cashmore, said yesterday in a note to investors that “the financial services arm of a major bank is having a good look at 10-20 Bond Street – owned 50/50 by ING Office Fund and Mirvac group – for up to 10,000 square metres".

Global serviced offices group ­Regus has agreed to take up 1124 square metres of space for seven years at
Investa Property Group
’s Ark complex at 40 Mount Street in North Sydney, joining Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, Coca-Cola Amatil and Australian Worldwide Exploration.

Only two floors at the top of the building remain vacant.

Investa has also managed to lock in the Department of Health and Ageing, which has signed up for 10 years at 260 Elizabeth Street, taking up 5380 sq m, while the Department of Veteran Affairs has renewed its lease for eight years, taking up 7900 sq m at 280 Elizabeth Street.

The Regus deal was brokered by Colliers International’s directors of leasing, Mark Lacey and Robert Gishen, while Rob Dickens and Grant Jennings of Savills negotiated the deal with the Department of Health and Ageing.